Set-Location scope

Question

Given this file

Set-Location C:\

If I run it

.\foo.ps1

It will change the directory in the script. However once the script is finished the parent console directory has also been changed. Can Set-Location be called in such a way as to affect only the running script?

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 15 '14 at 08:35

8

try
{
     Push-Location
     Set-Location c:\
     # your code here ...
}

finally
{
     Pop-Location
}

answered Jul 15 '14 at 08:35

David Brabant

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I think this can be simplified to ```powershell try { Push-Location c:\ } finally { Pop-Location } ``` – Miroslav Ježík Jul 26 '22 at 08:12

Set-Location scope

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